Journal article
A framework for comparing collaborative management of Australian and New Zealand water resources
Ecology and Society, Vol.22(4), 28
2017
Abstract
Collaborative management of natural resources involves two or more parties working together to govern and/or manage a set of resources within a defined area. Although a number of collaborative management frameworks have been developed for protected area and fisheries management, few exist for freshwater resources that enable their comparative analysis. We present a framework of collaborative management for freshwater resources comprising three elements: scope, governance, and management. Application of the framework to 11 cases from Australia and New Zealand differentiates between primarily consultation/government-based arrangements through to cogovernance arrangements. Our framework differs from others because it highlights the multiscalar and nested nature of collaborative management arrangements that influence effective water resource management. Our analysis highlights the diversity of arrangements that exist for freshwater resource management. Cases involving indigenous groups, a social tradition of waterways management, and those outside the scope of national water resource management reforms generally had higher levels of power sharing and involvement. We argue for greater attention to the effectiveness of and links between governance and management processes to ensure collaborative management remains innovative and appropriate to context. We contribute a framework that contains a continua and three core elements that enables a parsimonious evaluation that could be applied to other resource management contexts and, thus avoids criticism of overly prescriptive, simplistic, and idealistic analysis.
Details
- Title
- A framework for comparing collaborative management of Australian and New Zealand water resources
- Authors
- Kenneth F D Hughey (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawChristine L Jacobson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawErin F Smith (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- Ecology and Society, Vol.22(4), 28; 18
- Publisher
- Resilience Alliance Publications
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.5751/ES-09582-220428
- ISSN
- 1708-3087; 1708-3087
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2017 by the author(s). Published here under license by The Resilience Alliance. This article is under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. You may share and adapt the work for noncommercial purposes provided the original author and source are credited, you indicate whether any changes were made, and you include a link to the license.
- Organisation Unit
- Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451011802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
- Research Statement
- false
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